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<blockquote data-quote="Friend of the Dork" data-source="post: 5736119" data-attributes="member: 91954">Good ideaExcept, Martial Weapon Proficiency feat only gives you ONE proficiency, not all. And double-axes and swords should not be the same because of axe and sword are the same, but rather it's use as a double-weapon. I think I like the Weapon Groups as well, it could be based on the Figher ones: Exotic Axes, Heavy Blades, Light Blades, Bows, Close, Crossbows, Double etc. So a character taking Exotic Heavy Blade proficiency could use a Bastard Sword, Elven Curve Blade, Katana, No-Dachi. I'm not sure if we should allow overlap, like having double-bladed sword in both the Heavy Blade AND the Double group. But I'm inclined to allow it. A feat is pretty valuable, and being able to use several weapons is not that advantagous in this game as the system rewards specialization (magic item, feats, etc). I really like the suggestion... this will probably be in a future campaign at least. I'd allow the same for Martial Weapon and Simple Weapon feats, but ONLY the feats. Rogues will not suddenly become proficent with longswords because they can use Rapiers. But if they take Martial Heavy Blade prof. feat, I think they should be allowed the use of both Longswords AND Scimitars. And this way Commoners won't be as screwed <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Friend of the Dork, post: 5736119, member: 91954"] [b]Good idea[/b] Except, Martial Weapon Proficiency feat only gives you ONE proficiency, not all. And double-axes and swords should not be the same because of axe and sword are the same, but rather it's use as a double-weapon. I think I like the Weapon Groups as well, it could be based on the Figher ones: Exotic Axes, Heavy Blades, Light Blades, Bows, Close, Crossbows, Double etc. So a character taking Exotic Heavy Blade proficiency could use a Bastard Sword, Elven Curve Blade, Katana, No-Dachi. I'm not sure if we should allow overlap, like having double-bladed sword in both the Heavy Blade AND the Double group. But I'm inclined to allow it. A feat is pretty valuable, and being able to use several weapons is not that advantagous in this game as the system rewards specialization (magic item, feats, etc). I really like the suggestion... this will probably be in a future campaign at least. I'd allow the same for Martial Weapon and Simple Weapon feats, but ONLY the feats. Rogues will not suddenly become proficent with longswords because they can use Rapiers. But if they take Martial Heavy Blade prof. feat, I think they should be allowed the use of both Longswords AND Scimitars. And this way Commoners won't be as screwed ;) [/QUOTE]

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